Users Guide

Monitoring Switch Traffic 603
Configuring Port Mirroring
Use the following commands in Privileged Exec mode to configure a port
mirroring session.
show interfaces traffic
[interface-id]
Display the current TX and RX queue congestion and
congestion discards.
Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode
monitor session
session_number source
interface {interface-id}
[rx | tx | both]
Configure a source (monitored) port or CPU interface for
a monitor session.
• session_number —The monitoring session ID, which
ranges from 1 to 4. The Dell EMC Networking N1500
supports a single session.
• interface-id—The interface to be monitored.
• rx | tx — Monitor ingress (rx) or egress (tx) traffic. If no
parameter is given, both ingress and egress traffic are
monitored.
monitor session
session_number
destination interface
interface-id
Configure a destination (probe) port for a monitor session.
• session_number —The monitoring session ID, which
ranges from 1 to 4. The Dell EMC Networking N1500
supports a single session.
• interface—The Ethernet interface to which the
monitored source traffic is copied.
monitor session
session_number mode
Enable the administrative mode for the configured port
mirroring session to start sending the traffic from the
source port to the destination (probe) port.
exit Exit to Privileged Exec mode.
show monitor session
session_number
View information about the configured port mirroring
session.
Command Purpose